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Axalta Gives University of Michigan Students Look Under the Hood at Pure Michigan 400

Axalta/U-M partnership supports STEM and business education as students had rare, special access to industry leaders from Axalta, Hendrick Motorsports, Michigan International Speedway and NASCAR.

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Meridian General Acquires PCS PowderCoat Services

Founded in 1981, PCS serves a wide spectrum of industries including automotive, home improvement, consumer products, sports equipment, musical instruments, electronics, cleaning and sanitizing, and the military.

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John Sudges Receives CCAI James F. and David J. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award

Sudges is a long-time CCAI member who has served both his CCAI Northern Illinois Chapter and the CCAI National organization for many years.

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Resolving Cure Oven Heating Issues

As industrial ovens, dryers and heaters age, questions normally arise about their performance: Are they generating insufficient heat? Are they performing inefficiently? Do I need to replace or refurbish the oven?

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Top Shops: Keystone Koatings, Top HR and Training Programs

President Rick Gehman says employees and management that have helped earn a Products Finishing Top Shops award for the past two years, and its HR practices could mean it will be recognized for years.

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Liquid Coating

Top Shops: Georgia Powder Coating, Top Finishing Technologies

GPC started with four employees working in a poultry processing warehouse. Now it has 45, and is recognized for its finishing technology in the Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking Survey.

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Top Shops: Freedom Finishing, Top Finishing Practices/Performances

Erik Ender prefers to use statistical process controls to let him know how efficient his powder coating and electrocoating lines are humming at Freedom Finishing.

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Parts Cleaning

Top Shops: Burkard Industries, Top Business Practices

Jay Burkard likes to keep things simple and promotes his company to customers as their “one-stop coating shop,” which is being recognized for its business practices in the Products Finishing Top Shop Benchmarking Survey.

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Liquid Coating

Top Shops: Metokote is No. 1 Top Shop Liquid/Powder for 2016

MetoKote is the No. 1 facility on the Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking Survey rankings for liquid and powder coatings in 2016, based on statistical analysis from more than 45 criteria.

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Top Shops: 2016 Liquid/Powder Coating

The Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking Survey for the liquid and powder coating segment yielded interesting statistics about how coating shops run their business, as well as some best practices that many others should emulate.

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